Babies Born November 2006 #47

Taralee that sounds horrible, hopefully your GP has an answer or you may need to see a paediatrician, we had too just to get answers. Wyatt has milk protein allergy and he was allergic even to my breastmilk and would throw up after feeds and didnt put on weight for awhile...he also took longer to get into solids..we didnt know about the milk allergy till he was about 9mnths old.

Me and the boys flew down to Brisbane on Saturday..to have a break and DH was working all weekend so I decided that we would stay with my parents for the week. Anyway Monday evening Zander woke up crying and breathing funny so we ended up at Redcliffe hospital emergency where I waited for 4 hours with a crying upset Zander..when we finally got seen after a few hours they decided to admit Zander to the childrens ward where we spent last night..he had xray, ultrasound, a canula for blood tests and fluid and morphine..and the outcome was a random viral infection...he seems fine today just grumpy and a bit tired but Im exhausted and wonder whether my idea to come away for a break was worth it.

Nicola we spent 6hrs at the redcliffe hospital last night too!!!!

hope he is feeling better - would offer to catch up but we are in quarantine still :(

gee all these sick bubbas :(
nicola i hope zander is on the mend.
tara how scary :o i hope the tests go smoothly.
nelly was it jake sick or sophia?

millie threw up blood last week and we were at the hospital the week before with suspected croup!!

both jols

Yes it would be good to catch up but its hard when everyine is sick and there seems to be so much going around at the moment..and being pregnant Im trying to avoid what I can. I carry hand sanitiser around and try to limit where we go but its hard because I dont like being confined inside all day.

Zander is still grumpy and Wyatt seems to be constantly whinging...they are both very trying at the moment and I dont really want to go home and be on my own all day again...but thats life I guess and I need to harden up and realise its only going to amplify with a new baby around....Its times like these you have to summons up some internal strength

nelly and nicola, i'll be in for a catch up if youre all better :)
ok so do you know how hard it is to get a urine sample from a 10month old baby!?!??!
yowza! anyways, xrays came back and said 'severe faecal loading of the colon' which essentially is sever constipation. he does a poo everyday so i obviously didnt suspect that. but everything else seems to fit with lactose intolerance. none of all thisstarted until i tried cows milk, and since taking him off it he has got better and better...ill see what the test results say

goodness, whats happening with everyone being unwell :(

Nicola - bilby's late afternoon whining esp, really grates on my nerves, i sympathise, but don't know what's it like, with more than one child.

Taralee - i am so relieved for you, that you have an answer for why Chino has been so unwell. I suspose that means learning how to feed a child, without using products with cow's milk in them? sounds tricky, but i suppose if it's what your child needs, you'd have a high motivation to do it.

Are there degrees of lactose intolerance?
LIke can some kids handle products with cow's milk in it (like cheese), but just not straight milk?

bilby is sleeping SLIGHTLY more, now that i have an electric blanket on her bed (on 3 to warm it up, then on 1, when she gets in). She is finally sleeping with SOME of the quilt over her.

i had a massage today, was given a massage voucher TWO XMASES AGO by a dear friend, and today is the first time i felt i could actually go and have it (childcare day from 9 - 3). It was very nice but my feet and hands felt like ice during it, my circulation must be bad. Then i walked around the Central Market, windowshopped at beautiful shoes, bought kangaroo sausages, goats milk soap (10 for $12), propolis toothpaste, got bilby a small rainbow coloured mobile and had a lovely Singapore laksa, and got organic hot chocolate powder for a friend. things i normally don't get to buy/do where i live. before bilby, i went to the central market frequently, even weekly sometimes (that was the time of the almond croissant addiction!!). was nice to indulge, for three hours.

Hi Vicky!

I wonder how Christy is doing thesedays.

Yes there are different levels of lactose/milk protein intolerance eg. Wyatt can eat cheese and yoghurt but not drink normal cows milk or flavoured milk or eat certain foods like corn chips or some chocolate without coming out in a rash and hives..so its trial and error

We are home now and its good to be back in the warmer weather but Zander has been tantruming and Wyatt had a high temp last night 39.5 and funny breathing noises so there must be still something hanging around..x fingers Im yet to come down with anything...I have been keeping up with my vitamins and glad I had the flu shot.

Hmm so, yesterday there were some people out the front of our house and evie asked them why they were there. turns out they were looking at the house across the street thats for sale. we told them we were thinking of putting our house on the market too and they said oh maybe we could look at yours as you have better land/flatter/more space etc. so we said ok. they came in 10 this morning rang back at 5 offering us what we wanted!!!!!!!! wow!!!!! sold!!!! now i am freaking!!!! we need to be out in a month and dont have a house to go to!!

:o tara :o wowie :o nothing like a quick sale!!! you going to rent or buy something else??

hows chino?

we have our eye on a house we want but its a case of 'do we spend a bit more or get something cheaper and have some cash for a change'!! hahaha oh its all exciting!!!

Chino's 1000000000 times better since i stopped the cows milk - Nicola its interesting you said Wyatt can have yogurt and cheese cos Chino can too so i thought maybe it wasnt milk products if he could have those. Evie was "helping" yesterday and gave him a drink of her milk and within 2 minutes he vomited everything up again.
Hes on a pretty hardcore laxative at the moment to help his belly and i think its working lol i didnt think he was constipated to begin with so what do i know?!?! lol
should get his test results back today or tomorrow, so hopefully then we'll have a bit more of an idea. AND hes got 3 teeth coming thru...poor lil noodle!!
sorry for all the 'me' posts...i have a stress headache!!!

tara sounds like lactose intolerance, yougurt and hard chesse dont have anywhere near the amount of lactose that milk has!!!
how exciting house hunting!

Taralee we have just started trying Wyatt on UHT milk on advice from the paediatrician...after I mentioned that he could eat cheese and yoghurt he suggested we try the UHT because its treated similar to yoghurt and cheese, he is nearly 18mnths and I have only given him small amounts on his weetbix and so far so good....he still has Neocate Formula as a milk drink before bed

ok so the UHT milk thing isnt working for us..although Wyatt doesnt get a rash or hives from it he hasnt been sleeping, crying and squirming when he is in bed...he is a tummy sleeper and has been since birth...I know this is a not a good thing (SIDS) but that is seriously the only way he has ever slept....anyway he cant sleep on his tummy just cries etc and we didnt know what was wrong until I thought about all his symptoms and realised that was how he was last year until we knew about his milk allergy. So its back to Neocate on the weetbix.

I was wondering does anyone elses 2 year old count numbers??? Zander can count to 9 he hasnt got the 10 thing, and he can only say ABC with letters..I think thats down to the overuse of the ABC network in our house lol. I admit I dont really read to him, as much as I should rather he looks at books himself...maybe he would be better with letters if I did??

Nicola Jake was off dairy until just recently and we were using soy milk and soy yoghurt. After he was in hospital he was on Zymil which is a low lactose milk and seemed to cope ok with it, when we got home he started using soy yoghurt and I found that this now upset his tummy. Some kids with lactose intolerance also have soy intolerance but he had never before. Anyway to cut a long story short we then started using lactose free yoghurt and milk and this past month he has been having proper milk and yoghurt and is fine. He doesn't eat cheese so can't tell you about that bit.

Hi Nelly

The paed told us that Wyatt would prob be allergic to soy and goats milk aswell...although we have given him soy yoghurt and never tried goat. He has tolerated small amounts of normal cheese and yoghurt thats why the paed suggested the UHT..but he has never had alot of cheese and yoghurt over consecutive days. He had Neocate on his weetbix this morning so hopefully the UHT that is in his system will be gone by tonight!!!! Last night he didnt sleep for more than 2 hours. My belly is preventing me from leaning over the cot and holding him for more than 2mins at a time (Im also having bad acid reflux at the mo and lived on Tums yesterday) so DH did the nightshift last night while moaning and swearing to himself as he had to get up at 5am this morning for work.......such is life.

Wyatt doesnt actually like cheese that much anyway so Im not offering that or yoghurt again and will just try to do an elimination diet again..he was doing well until the UHT. We have another appointment at the hospital in 2 weeks so I will be going over all of this again and making sure have we enough prescription of Neocate for at least another 6mnths. They say that if you can avoid giving them milk for 2 years they have an 80% chance of outgrowing the allergy.

hi all.

i'm here - just. lots been going on. but the long story short is DH and I are seperating. He is looking for somewhere to move right now. I'm feeling very very numb. but at the same time, know that this is for the best.

When my head is in a better space I will pay attention.

awww vicky i was wondering what was going on but i didnt want to ask :hug: hun message me if you need too :hug: